{"id":1191,"date":"2012-11-08T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2012-11-08T09:35:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:35:37","slug":"unraveling-the-fear-of-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/11\/08\/unraveling-the-fear-of-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Unraveling The Fear Of The Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Over the last week there have been a few occasions where I\u2019ve noticed that any fear Caidin has, formulates around uncertainty.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting though, is that he doesn\u2019t go to the worst case scenario, he just has the sense of fear.<\/p>\n

For example he\u2019s been having a hard time at school and he gets so upset so I asked him, \u2018what makes you so upset?\u2019 He said \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019 So I started going through possible things that might be upsetting him and what it turned out to be was that he was afraid of getting in trouble. So then I asked him, \u2018well, what\u2019s the worst that could happen?\u2019 He didn\u2019t know, so again I started going through all the things that could happen if he got in trouble \u2013 none of which seemed so bad once we talked it all through.<\/p>\n

Then yesterday, we had a big snowstorm and it just happened to hit as the kids were coming home from school. Yesterday was a \u2018bus\u2019 day for Caidin. At 3:15 the phone rang and it was Caidin. He was on the bus, it was snowing and they had a substitute driver who kept calling him Aidan Caron. Caidin told me he was scared. I asked him why and he said \u2018what if the driver\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0know where I live?\u2019 Having just gone through worst-case-scenario with him earlier in the week, the awareness was fresh, so I said, \u2018the worst that would happen is that he would drive by the house, you would tell him that he drove by and he\u2019d have to turn around to drop you off.\u2019 \u2018Oh,\u2019 said Caidin.<\/p>\n

Thinking back, this has always been the case for Caidin. He is afraid of the possibilities, but has no idea what those possibilities might be. Once they are laid out for him from best case to worst case, he is fine. When he was 3 he ran head first into the door jam and had an immediate egg shaped knot begin to grow. While my husband called the pediatrician, I was trying to put a potato (The Power of The Potato<\/a>) on it and calm him down. He was beside himself, until I got a mirror and let him look at it. I realized then, as I do now, that for Caidin the panic and fear live in the \u2018not knowing\u2019. As soon as he has something concrete or tangible, he is fine, no matter what \u2013 whether that had been a gaping wound or the hideous knot that was actually there, he would have calmed down.<\/p>\n

Take some time to consider your own child\u2019s reactions and worries. Is it possible that they too will find peace once you unravel the fear of the unknown?<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2012 Christine Agro<\/p>\n

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Christine Agro is a clairvoyant, naturopath, Master Herbalist, conscious mom and author of 50 Ways to Live Life Consciously as well as of The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition). Christine is founder of The Conscious Mom\u2019s Guide , a membership site where she helps support you on your own journey of living life consciously and on your journey of being a Conscious parent. You can also join Christine on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>. To contact Christine, invite her to speak or to schedule an appointment with her please\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her.<\/p>\n

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